Men build hedge to keep in the moonlight. (Cf. J1904.2.)

Motif

Men build hedge to keep in the moonlight. (Cf. J1904.2.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Shadow mistaken for substance. · view the constellation · filed as J1796.1

Filed across the traditions

England Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Moonlight thought to be substance.

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

The pent cuckoo. Fools build an enclosure to keep in the cuckoo. She flies over the hedge. They say that they have not built the hedge high enough

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